MacMurray honored by Mortar Board

College receives the Silver Torch Award for the second year in a row.

MacMurray College has been named a Silver Torch Award Recipient by the Mortar Board National Conference. Mortar Board is a national honor society recognizing college seniors who display exemplary scholarship, leadership and service.This is the second year in a row that MacMurray has been honored with the award.

The Silver Torch Award is presented to chapters executing timeliness and dedication while exemplifying the ideals of scholarship, leadership and service. Silver Torch Award Recipients are selected based on a review of national records,requiring that the chapter meet all of the national minimum standards and deadlines.

Seventy-seven of 228 chapters received the Silver Torch Award. The only other schools in Illinois to receive the award were the University of Illinois, Knox College, Monmouth College and Northern Illinois University.